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Had to prop up the plastic covering some more. Running on a budget here so I decided to use some bamboo growing naturally in my yard. Thats one tree that I cut in half lol. I'm going to be buying some netting this week and using the bamboo as stakes around each plant then wrapping the netting around.
Heres a side by side of just a couple weeks ago.
July 22nd
August 6th
Heres a side by side of just a couple weeks ago.
July 22nd
August 6th
Hey thanks man!
Quick update:
The ladies have been growing like crazy but I think they are starting to slow.
I decided to raise the height of the plastic over them. While they are slowing in growth I know buds will form and get a few more inches taller at min..
The plastic was only about 8 inches above the tallest plants. Now they have about an extra 2' of room. I am ready for buds to start... its getting exciting.
I noticed a little PH issue with runoff, and its starting to show on a couple of plants. I'll be flushing over the next couple of days to wash as much of the salts out as I can.
This is an over view shot of them I think 1 or 2 didn't fit in the shot.
I'm standing on a ladder, about 10' up.
They are all 6-8' tall and about 3-4' wide.
August 18th weekly update
August 18th weekly update
I haven't been on top of this per week, been super busy.
I had to move up all my tarps/plastic cause these things are big. I have a naturally growing bamboo forrest on my property so I'm using what I have as I'm on a budget.
I had to cut several down and use them as post to hold the plastic up in a few places that are drooping especially during rain.
Also I cut several down to size as post for holding my netting that I just got. Again its not perfect but I think it will do.
It has been unbearable in my section of the world the last few days and will be letting up soon thankfully. I will put the netting up this weekend and update.
I also added two fans in the garden that are running 24hrs keeping the moisture down. I had a little bit of PM, I hit it hard with the baking soda home made mix and it has worked so far nothing has returned, been a couple days ago.
Here are some shots of the garden.... looking good and stacking nicely.
I'd dare to say I have a couple QP plants in there!
The photos look a little shaded for some reason but they aren't.
August 18th weekly update
I haven't been on top of this per week, been super busy.
I had to move up all my tarps/plastic cause these things are big. I have a naturally growing bamboo forrest on my property so I'm using what I have as I'm on a budget.
I had to cut several down and use them as post to hold the plastic up in a few places that are drooping especially during rain.
Also I cut several down to size as post for holding my netting that I just got. Again its not perfect but I think it will do.
It has been unbearable in my section of the world the last few days and will be letting up soon thankfully. I will put the netting up this weekend and update.
I also added two fans in the garden that are running 24hrs keeping the moisture down. I had a little bit of PM, I hit it hard with the baking soda home made mix and it has worked so far nothing has returned, been a couple days ago.
Here are some shots of the garden.... looking good and stacking nicely.
I'd dare to say I have a couple QP plants in there!
The photos look a little shaded for some reason but they aren't.
Thanks fellas, its been a lot of work but I think there will be a nice pay off.
So far the battles have been with a little PM, some nute deficiencies and a big ph drop/salt build up and still dealing with black spot.
Its been a few years since I've had a harvest for several reasons.
I'm feeling pretty good about this one so fingers crossed!
Weekly update
Weekly update
Girls are looking great!
I've had a touch of PM but easily handled it with the baking soda recipe, it does quit nice.
They were all planted the same day. But I can see some are going to finish well before others. Mostly just one or two.
The critical cheese had been the strongest and best looking for awhile but had a major ph/cal-mag problem. I got it back but it just hasn't been its usual self since. Its budding but way behind all the others. It was topped once and is about 4 ft wide and about 5 1/2 ft tall.
Grandaddy purp from Dinafem is the one thats mostly getting the PM, doesn't seem to like this moisture we have in the south. Its budding nicely and getting frosty. If you rub the stem it will have some undertones thats grape. It blew my wife mind lol. It is about 8 ft tall and topped once making it about 4-5 ft wide.
707 head band from HSO is a giant. She's about 12 ft tall even after being bent over a bit, about 5-6 ft wide easy. She's getting super frosty with a thousand bud sites ( lol not really but seems like it). She started slow and looking a little frail but took off and is easily the strongest and best looking in the garden.
As for the rest they are all LSD (total of 5). I have a couple of phenos with these. 1 pheno is short ish about 8ft tall and maybe 3-4 ft wideI have 3 of these, the other pheno is tall about 12 easy 4-5 wide maybe more. All of them are fine besides one thats not getting quite enough air circulation and is doing just like the GP, its picking up small amounts of PM on it, again I have handled it as soon as it pops up.
The second pheno is really stacking and gaining weight. I know this may be way too optimistic but I feel like I could get a 1/2 P from these 2.
I'm hoping for a total of 2 P's total.
I'll take some good pics tomorrow showing the individual strains. But heres a couple pics of the garden as the sun was going down.
If you zoom into the second then you can really see how frosty they already are, makes me excited for the end product.
Weekly update
Girls are looking great!
I've had a touch of PM but easily handled it with the baking soda recipe, it does quit nice.
They were all planted the same day. But I can see some are going to finish well before others. Mostly just one or two.
The critical cheese had been the strongest and best looking for awhile but had a major ph/cal-mag problem. I got it back but it just hasn't been its usual self since. Its budding but way behind all the others. It was topped once and is about 4 ft wide and about 5 1/2 ft tall.
Grandaddy purp from Dinafem is the one thats mostly getting the PM, doesn't seem to like this moisture we have in the south. Its budding nicely and getting frosty. If you rub the stem it will have some undertones thats grape. It blew my wife mind lol. It is about 8 ft tall and topped once making it about 4-5 ft wide.
707 head band from HSO is a giant. She's about 12 ft tall even after being bent over a bit, about 5-6 ft wide easy. She's getting super frosty with a thousand bud sites ( lol not really but seems like it). She started slow and looking a little frail but took off and is easily the strongest and best looking in the garden.
As for the rest they are all LSD (total of 5). I have a couple of phenos with these. 1 pheno is short ish about 8ft tall and maybe 3-4 ft wideI have 3 of these, the other pheno is tall about 12 easy 4-5 wide maybe more. All of them are fine besides one thats not getting quite enough air circulation and is doing just like the GP, its picking up small amounts of PM on it, again I have handled it as soon as it pops up.
The second pheno is really stacking and gaining weight. I know this may be way too optimistic but I feel like I could get a 1/2 P from these 2.
I'm hoping for a total of 2 P's total.
I'll take some good pics tomorrow showing the individual strains. But heres a couple pics of the garden as the sun was going down.
If you zoom into the second then you can really see how frosty they already are, makes me excited for the end product.
Here is my recipe if you want it. Cut it by 50% and start from there. I run a ton of light, co2, dwc etc, so it's pretty hot as posted. 50% I would imagine you would be circa 750 ppm.
Orca or GW as directed (GW for soil)
GH Armor Si 5ml per gallon
GH Cali-Magic 5 - 8 ml per gallon (smell will increase when it's right)
GH Micro 8 ml per gallon
GH Bloom 16 ml per gallon
Botanicaire Liquid Karma 5 - 8 ml per gallon (I love this stuff)
I you do the above, omit the Flora-gro (the green one) entirely and that is the lucas ratios. During flower I add 5ml Liquid Kool Bloom per gallon. With most strains, I don't notice a difference if I omit it, but since you have it.
Hope that helps. It's a killer soup in hydro. Never tried it in soil, so take it for what it's worth.
Thanks I really appreciate it. But I'm going to go organic for next years run but if I do a hydro in between outdoor seasons then I think I'll give this a shot.
Looks like you'll get a nice return off those, definitely could have done a lot worse.
If that spot seems secure after harvest, maybe I could suggest some unsolicited advice.
I would consider planting in the ground, unless it's had a bunch of herbicides applied to lawn or something.
Could add amendments in fall to give them time to break down/ become available. Plants would get a bigger root system, resulting in larger plants, meaning you could grow fewer and yield as much or probably more weight. ( fewer plants might be helpful if not in a legal state)
If you mulched the plants in the ground you would not go through a lot of water, and plants would develop better with even moisture, plus the microlife thrives in even moisture.
8-9 hours is a lot of direct light, relatively speaking, I've seen plants get 9-10 foot high, 6 foot wide amongst oak trees in California.
If that spot seems secure after harvest, maybe I could suggest some unsolicited advice.
I would consider planting in the ground, unless it's had a bunch of herbicides applied to lawn or something.
Could add amendments in fall to give them time to break down/ become available. Plants would get a bigger root system, resulting in larger plants, meaning you could grow fewer and yield as much or probably more weight. ( fewer plants might be helpful if not in a legal state)
If you mulched the plants in the ground you would not go through a lot of water, and plants would develop better with even moisture, plus the microlife thrives in even moisture.
8-9 hours is a lot of direct light, relatively speaking, I've seen plants get 9-10 foot high, 6 foot wide amongst oak trees in California.
Thanks for the advice for sure.
I plan on making a greenhouse next year. Half this space and extended down just a bit to make it about 35ft in length and about 18-20 ft wide.
I planning on an all organic grow with a raise bed thats gonna go right down the middle 5 ft wide and about 25 ft long 18inches tall. That should be plenty of root space for some massive plants.
This year was more or less a test of the area and tracking of the sun to get an idea of the best place to grow. So what I get I can move and will keep most for me. But next year I need serious weight, Im not sure if I should do a bunch of plants (like 15-20) or do something like 10-15 and work hard on them.
Bud Rot!
Bud Rot!
Hurricane Harvey threw a lot of rain and humidity my way. It was pretty bad for a week.
I was out last night and noticed what we all fear.... Bud rot.
It was getting dark fast but I found 2-3 tiny nugs with some bud rot. In a couple of them I found some worms so I know I've got some bud worms.
I have been fighting caterpillars, I have found about 2-3 a day. I found a couple that were massive, like about the size of a grub worm. I know they are the cause of all the issue probably but its been too late in the season to spray chemicals on the buds to kill the caterpillars.
I went out this morning and checked every single bud both big and small. I found about 5-6 more through out the garden. They were all very small but still bad enough.
I have an awesome jewelers loop and after inspecting upper and lower of all the plants I can say that 5 out of the 8 are mostly cloudy close to 80% cloudy I believe I may have spotted a few amber in there.
I know that its too early to pull them but I'd rather have a little less quality and have more of it than maybe loose 1/4- 1/2 of yield for better quality. I'm going to watch them every day for hopefully another week. And then I will probably pull them. If they make it that long.
Bud Rot!
Hurricane Harvey threw a lot of rain and humidity my way. It was pretty bad for a week.
I was out last night and noticed what we all fear.... Bud rot.
It was getting dark fast but I found 2-3 tiny nugs with some bud rot. In a couple of them I found some worms so I know I've got some bud worms.
I have been fighting caterpillars, I have found about 2-3 a day. I found a couple that were massive, like about the size of a grub worm. I know they are the cause of all the issue probably but its been too late in the season to spray chemicals on the buds to kill the caterpillars.
I went out this morning and checked every single bud both big and small. I found about 5-6 more through out the garden. They were all very small but still bad enough.
I have an awesome jewelers loop and after inspecting upper and lower of all the plants I can say that 5 out of the 8 are mostly cloudy close to 80% cloudy I believe I may have spotted a few amber in there.
I know that its too early to pull them but I'd rather have a little less quality and have more of it than maybe loose 1/4- 1/2 of yield for better quality. I'm going to watch them every day for hopefully another week. And then I will probably pull them. If they make it that long.
AgentPothead
Just this guy, ya know?
Subscribed to see how this turns out. Good luck!
